Word: skis
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...flap obscured a deeper debate over Aspen's future. As the ski resort has become a favored hangout for Hollywood stars and wealthy businessmen, the price of real estate has soared. Last year the average house sold for $1.1 million. In addition to rejecting the fur-sale ban, voters approved construction of a 292-room hotel and a widened highway into town. Last week's voting was a showdown between those seeking to slow development and those who want to accelerate it. The accelerators...
...Harvard Nordic and Alpine ski teams were miles apart last weekend at their respective Division II Championships...
Although icy conditions sent several members of the Harvard men's and women's ski teams tumbling down the slopes, the Nordic and Alpine squads turned in some strong performances this weekend in their last carnival of the regular season in Putney...
Although plagued with falls and disqualifications, both the Harvard women's and men's ski teams performed well Saturday in the 10-team carnival held in Sugarbush North, Vt. The women finished fifth overall, while the men finished third--only four points behind the second place team...
...forces then focused on the plight of hostages who had been seized by Noriega's men. At the Marriott a foreign journalist was approached at about 12:25 a.m. Wednesday by three gunmen in ski masks and civilian clothes. They ordered her to join eleven other guests, including seven Americans being held hostage in the hotel by thugs toting AK-47s. They were marched into a van, driven to a house and held in a kitchen for three hours. "You're bombing our children; you're bombing our people," one told the Americans. "If we were in another country...